Tag: Jazz 爵士

開始作曲以來，我一直為爵士樂的即興本質著迷。可以說，即興演奏，就是在當下作曲，而且在音樂發生時，能帶給演奏/作曲者自己許多驚奇。(雖然我這麼說，我仍覺得傳統作曲很重要。這大概是因為人心智的極限吧 ── 我們能想像一個交響樂團以即興的方式而能夠奏出像春之祭一樣結構複雜的作品嗎？)對我個人而言，即興精神...

Handout for my jazz talk in New York City, as part of Taiwan Women (a movement group) Winter 2002 Camp. I talked about jazz history, my approach to the genre, and musical, gender, political, cultural aspects of jazz.

This is an excerpt of another longer and less focused email (in Chinese). Here I share my view on some of my favorite jazz musicians.